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The Liberals are the flying saucers of politics. No one can make head nor tail of them and they never are seen twice in the same place.
John G. Diefenbaker

Meaning of "make head" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAKE HEAD

make head play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAKE HEAD

make fish of one and flesh of another
make for
make free with
make friends
make fun of
make game of
make good
make haste
make hay of
make hay while the sun shines
make head or tail of
make heavy weather
make heavy weather of something
make it
make it snappy
make light of
make like
make little of
make love
make love to someone

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAKE HEAD

against the head
ahead
big head
cylinder head
department head
deputy head
give head
hit the nail on the head
keep one´s head
knock on the head
machine head
off one´s head
on one´s head
pan and tilt head
pressure head
read head
read-write head
short head
shower head
swollen head
year head

Synonyms and antonyms of make head in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «make head» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAKE HEAD

Find out the translation of make head to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of make head from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «make head» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

做头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hacer que la cabeza
570 millions of speakers

English

make head
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सिर करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جعل الرأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сделать голову
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fazer a cabeça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাথাটি তৈরি করো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire la tête
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buat kepala
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kopf machen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頭を作る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

머리를 만들
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggawe sirah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலை செய்ய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोके करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kafa yapmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fare testa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uczynić głową
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зробити голову
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

face cap
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάνει το κεφάλι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maak kop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

göra huvud
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjøre hodet
5 millions of speakers

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The term «make head» is regularly used and occupies the 93.883 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about make head

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Famous quotes and sentences with the word make head.
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John G. Diefenbaker
The Liberals are the flying saucers of politics. No one can make head nor tail of them and they never are seen twice in the same place.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE HEAD»

Discover the use of make head in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to make head and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
See N27. H141 To make neither Head or tail of 1775 Lee Papers 1.208: I can make neither head or tail of it myself. 1775 MLewis in Webb Correspondence 1.103: A man must be endued with a spirit of Divination to make Head or Tail of it.
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
Not to make head or tail of something (APP 176; ODEP 360; EAP 205; MP 294) 1859 "I can't make head or tail of a word Dr. Hopkins says." (p. 550) Stowe, Harriet B. Uncle Tom's Cabin; The Minister's Wooing; Oldtown Folks. New York: The ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
I've heard about making hay while the sun shines but it's a bit mean to start chatting up your brother's girlfriend while he 's in hospital. make head caj (eci) perpara □ They made head against the wind. make head or tail of sth kuptoj, man vesh, ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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Congressional Record, V. 149, PT. 14, July 17, 2003 to July ...
In contrast, the Democrat substitute offers no incentive for States to improve their early childhood programs, nor does it give local Head Start centers the opportunity to coordinate with other programs to make Head Start better. The Democrat ...
U S Congress, 2007
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... or to act foolishly, eg in a crisis or sudden difficulty, or when someone does something wrong etc : I must apologize - I rather lost my head when I thought that you had lost the only copy of my manuscript. make head or tail of (something) (in/:  ...
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Heinemann English Dictionary
... to laugh loudly or excessively, lose one's head to panic. make head or tail of to understand any of: / can V make head or tail of this letter. off one's head, out of one's head (informal) mad. off the top of one's head without thinking carefully. over ...
‎2001
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The Cambridge Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare's times, ...
Let housewives make a skillet of my helm, And all indign and base adversities Make head against my estimation. (Othello 1.3.272-4) The two 'make' constructions in the passage are superficially alike and emphasized as such by the ...
Catherine M. S. Alexander, 2003
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
I can't make head or tail of it." —Groucho Marx in "Duck Soup" (1933) If you can't make heads or tails of something, you can't understand it at all. Without a head or tail, a top or bottom, a beginning or end, it is hard to make any sense ofit.
Peter Bengelsdorf
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Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers: Indications and ...
These features make head and neck cancers very challenging to manage. Knowledge of the basic principles of oncology and expertise in patient assessment and in individual specialty are essential for staging workup of patients and for ...
K. Kian Ang, Adam S. Garden, 2006
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Shakespeare and Language
And all indign and base adversities Make head against my estimation. (Othello t. 3.272-4) The two 'make' constructions in the passage are superficially alike and emphasized as such by the recurrence of 'my' in the second clause. The 'make' ...
Catherine M. S. Alexander, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAKE HEAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term make head is used in the context of the following news items.
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Norris Cole Should Be A Priority For Philadelphia 76ers - RantSports
Cole's gritty style of play would rub off on the younger players and certainly would make head coach Brett Brown's job a little easier. «RantSports, Jul 15»
2
$19 ($395 Value) for a Diploma in Microsoft Excel with an …
Who can make head or tails of all those numbers, graphs and half a million little symbols that all do something incredibly important, but you have no idea what? «The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Patriotically Jinxed
So these men in uniform assigned a duty which they often don't make head or tails of, far away from their loved ones serving the interests of the ... «Kashmir Life, Jul 15»
4
Chicago Cubs' Starlin Castro struggles again - Cubbies Crib
On top of all the errors, Castro continued to make head-scratching mental mistakes that cost the Chicago Cubs runs in the first half of the ... «Cubbies Crib, Jul 15»
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Big Ten recruiting roundup: Ohio State in mix for class of 2016's top …
Wisconsin is holding its own on the recruiting trail under new coach Paul Chryst, but the Badgers have yet to make head-turning splash in the ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
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TMS: the key to being a functioning Test cricket addict
“I tried to watch it once, but couldn't make head nor tail of it,” an acquaintance told me last Friday. A couple of hundred others have said similar ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Key Quotes: Lance Franklin - July 14, 2015
In the end, you make that split second decision to not make head-high contact and you'll be fine." More By Sydney Swans Media · Newsletter ... «Sydney Swans, Jul 15»
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Franklin still shooting for kickers' 1000 club
... you're going to miss weeks," Franklin said. "In the end, you make that split-second decision to not make head-high contact and you'll be fine.". «Newcastle Herald, Jul 15»
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'Curse' of KPL Awards Strikes Yet Again!
KPL standards have been put in question by the continued failure of its stars to make head away once they are out of the cuckoo nest. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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The BBC's ten tiers of management are a scandal - they should be …
When as distinguished a man as Chris Patten can't make head nor tail of the job, you know there's only one thing for it. The corporation can and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

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